Inkwater Press

Spirit Unbroken

Alice and Rick Garlock will appear at the NW Book Festival on August 7^th. The festival will be held in Pioneer Courthouse Square. You can learn about the festival here .

 Spirit Unbroken: The Two Sides of Love is Alice’s heart-wrenching but inspirational memoir about her struggle to find her maternal family in Japan while overcoming the trauma of her childhood.

King Snozzle of Snozz was published this February to the fanfare of big-nosed trumpets. When King Snozzle the Eighth must marry, his countrymen urge him to pick a snooty, large-snouted duchess. Will the king instead choose the sweet and clever commoner as his bride?

Only Milo is a gold medal winner, and author Barry Smith has photos to prove it! Barry Smith received his medal on Tuesday, May 25, in New York City.

Henry Alley, author of Precincts of Light, will be a guest on the NPR KLCC radio station’s show Northwest Passage on Thursday, June 3rd, from 4 to 4:30 PM. He will also appear on DiversiTV, local Eugene program on Comcast Channel 23, with host Mark Harris from Lane Community College to discuss the coming out process in the novel.

Alley will also sign books at two different events in Eugene, Oregon. He will be at Art in the Vineyard on the Fourth of July, and at the Lane County Fair on August 22.

Mike Reiss, author of King Snozzle of Snozz and City of Hamburgers, appeared on AM Northwest on April 30th, 2010.

You can view Mike’s appearance here.

Sometimes a kid just needs to laugh with a funny book. Mike Reiss, who writes for “The Simpsons,” understands that perfectly, shining light on enormous noses in King Snozzle of Snozz.

Mike Reiss will visit Portland later this week, and he has several events that are open to the public:

• Talk for Writers: April 29th at the Lucky Lab on Hawthorne at 7 PM.
• Reading: Thinker Toys in Multnomah Village at 11 AM on May 1st.

Stephanie Snowe, author of Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle, will be a presenter at the 2010 South Kentucky Book Fest on April 17, 2010. She will be part of the “Baring It All” presentation panel.

Stephanie is also running a workshop called “Memoir Writing: Pulling your pants down in traffic” for the Kentucky Writers Conference.

Author Barry Smith will appear at several Kansas venues in the next month to sign copies of Only Milo, a dark and quirky thriller about the publishing industry. Catch up with Barry at these locations:

Thursday, Oct. 22
Town Crier Bookstore
716 Commercial St., Emporia, KS
Book signing, 5-7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 30
Emporia State University Homecoming
William Allen White Library
New Seminar Room, Second Floor
Two readings/signings, 10:30 am and 1:30 pm

Saturday, Nov. 7
Hastings Book Store
5317 SW 22nd Pl., Topeka, KS
Book signing, 2-4 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 20
Hastings Book Store
23rd and Iowa, Lawrence, KS
Book signing, 3-7 pm

There’s a new literary venue in town, and two Inkwater Press authors will be the first to kick off its series of author readings.

Jeremy Benjamin, author of the short story collection, If I Catch You Reading This, will appear at The Clearing Café on Sept. 13. Benjamin, an actor and member of the Portland Fiction Project, writes stories that range from the supernatural to science fiction to absurdist humor.

S.W. Capps will read from his novel, Salmon Run, on Sept. 27 at The Clearing Café. His novel follows the journey of Woodrow Salmon, who loses everything after his wife’s attempt to have him killed goes awry.

Both readings will take place from 4-6 p.m. at The Clearing Café, 2772 NW Thurman St. in Portland.

Eileen McVety, author of Welcome to the Company (or what it’s really like working here), will share tips and tongue-in-cheek wisdom from her book Saturday, Aug. 8, at 8 a.m. Pacific Time in an interview with Barry Eva of “A Book and a Chat” on BlogTalkRadio.

McVety’s book is a hilarious twist on the dreaded corporate employee handbook, complete with advice on mastering meaningless meetings and recognizing the six subtle hints you’re about to be fired. Learn more about the book.

For more details about the interview, visit the BlogTalkRadio website.